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KANUHA: Mr. Chairman?
<br />HEAUKULANI: I’m sorry, Director Kanuha. Yes?
<br />KANUHA: Before we move off of this subject, I have no problem in acknowledging the fact
<br />that this process has gone on, you know, way too long, but I also need to let you know that staff
<br />and I have been in constant consultation in terms of, well, how do we get to where you guys
<br />want us to get. And, it got to the point, eventually, where we just couldn’t figure a way around it
<br />which is why we decided to put it on your agenda, right, and get it out there instead of, you
<br />know, the issue just dragging along. And, we fully expected the kind of testimony, and I think a
<br />lot of it is more correct than wrong, but I just wanted to emphasize that, you know, there has
<br />been, there hasn’t been any attempt to, you know, to just push this aside and let it go.
<br />At the same time, I’d also like to apologize to the public and Jim as well. I think the dialogue
<br />that Palikapu and I had, in my mind, was, was somewhat helpful, and what I was trying to do
<br />was to consult with staff in figuring out okay, well, what do we do, where do we go from here,
<br />because I find myself ending up speaking on behalf of the claims adjuster, so one of the things
<br />that we were talking about really briefly is to bring the claims adjuster here so you guys can get
<br />from him what he needs in order to make, you know, this thing, move.
<br />The other question to that is why didn’t we come up with that earlier? You know, why has it
<br />taken us, you know, that long to accomplish that? But, I just wanted to make those comments
<br />for all of you Commissioners and for all the people that testified today.
<br />HEAUKULANI: Thank you, sir.
<br />MOSES: So, Director Kanuha, are we saying then or are you saying that there is a possibility
<br />that we can add the claims adjuster onto our agenda to come here to speak to what the restrictive
<br />requirements are that has stalled the process—so that we can get answers—
<br />KANUHA: —That’s, that’s exactly what we’re, that’s exactly what we were considering.
<br />MOSES: So we can get answers and move forward—
<br />KANUHA: —Correct—
<br />MOSES: —with what this body has—
<br />KANUHA: —And, you know, also so that—you folks are interested in this—
<br />MOSES: —Absolutely—
<br />KANUHA: —also hear from this dialogue, you know, what’s, what’s really needed to be done.
<br />They may not agree with it or whatever, but at least they get to hear it from—from that
<br />component ‘cause that’s, that’s where you need to take your, make your decision on and based
<br />on that, that’s how we, you know, we’ll proceed, but my thinking is to try and schedule that as
<br />soon as we can.
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